Mainframe Lead

Requisition Number: 37977

Job Location: Chennai, IND

Work Type: Office Working

Employment Type: Permanent

Posting Start Date: 28/08/2025

Posting End Date:

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Job Summary

This role is responsible for:

• Development & UT on Microfocus COBOL, CICS, IMS, VSAM, JCL
• Training existing mainframe developers on team on MF ES, ED
• Retrofit BAU changes into MF code version, clean compile and test them
• Testing phases ST,SIT,OAT,UAT, PT and UVT Support
• Batch execution for testing cycles

• Implementation and post implementation support

• The potential candidate for this role should:

4-7 YEARS EXPERIENCE

• Prior experience working on MF COBOL compilers and language sets to edit, compile and execute COBOL, JCL, CICS & IMS/DB2 workloads on Enterprise Developer
• Good understanding of commands for bringing up/ down ES instance and application regions
• Knowledge of GitHub or an equivalent (ADO) for SCM on x86 is an added advantage

Knowledge on Micro Focus utilities for file, DB, abend handling and their integration in runtime environments

• Prior experience in migrating mainframe workload to Micro Focus Enterprise Server
• Knowledge on MQ and webservices interfaces from ES to external systems
• Trade Finance/Banking Domain

ADO (Azure DevOps)

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead the [country / business unit / function/XXX [team] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• [Insert local regulator e.g. PRA/FCA prescribed responsibilities and Rationale for allocation].

[Where relevant - Additionally, for subsidiaries or relevant non -subsidiaries]

• Serve as a Director of the Board of [insert name of entities]
• Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent)

Other Responsibilities

Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in XXXX [country / business unit / team]; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats); [List all responsibilities associated with the role]

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.